4/4/2025 5:58:49 PM FCA suggests relaxing contactless payment limits By Alexia Katzaros The FCA is exploring a more “outcomes-based” approach to regulating retail payments. It is reconsidering current limits on contactless...
3/18/2025 11:50:03 AM FCA rejection of crypto firm application shows importance of effective risk assessments By James Morris Duncan Campbell Simon Treacy In a relatively rare crypto-related decision notice, the Financial Conduct Authority has chosen not to register a cryptoasset exchange...
3/17/2025 8:30:58 AM More support for overseas firms, crypto and start-ups: FCA pledges to support growth under UK Action Plan By Peter Bevan Simon Treacy The UK Government has released a cross-sectoral Action Plan for regulation. Building on the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech, the plan...
3/11/2025 8:32:54 PM Here's your 2025 guide to Banking Regulation in the UK By Alastair Holt Simon Treacy Alastair Holt and Simon Treacy have co-authored the UK chapter for GLI’s Banking Regulation 2025. Banks entered the year facing an...
3/7/2025 11:21:47 AM Subcontracting rule changes agreed, clearing path towards finalised DORA rulebook By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy Even though the Digital Operational Resilience Act started to apply in January, some parts of the DORA regulatory framework have not yet...
3/6/2025 11:17:35 AM 19 March "meet the regulators": Linklaters financial regulatory conference on key topics for 2025 By Karen Cooper Victoria Hickman Simon Treacy Come and join us for a half-day Spring Outlook conference (register here) on 19 March in our Linklaters London Office where we will be...
2/21/2025 10:38:14 AM DORA: ESAs set out roadmap towards the designation of critical ICT third-party service providers and Commission adopts RTS on threat-led penetration testing By Victoria McGowan Stephen Clipsham The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have provided a roadmap to move forward with designating critical ICT third-party service...
2/19/2025 10:59:48 AM Payments strategic alliances - the why, how and what to look out for By Olivia Murphy Strategic partnerships or alliances are on the rise in the payments and fintech space and in recent weeks we have seen traditional banks...
2/17/2025 3:12:44 PM New German rules on safeguarding accounts - what PSPs need to know By Marius Raetz Dr Clemens Boehm As part of its omnibus act on urgent legislation in the financial sector, the German legislator has changed the safeguarding rules for...
2/12/2025 9:45:42 PM AI know it when AI see it: EU tries to clear up what an AI system is By Raza Naeem Simon Treacy The European Commission has issued guidance on what systems are artificial intelligence under the EU’s AI Act. Understanding the scope of...
2/12/2025 6:25:42 PM It’s complicated: The EU’s on-again off-again relationship with open finance By Simon Treacy Two years ago the European Commission proposed regulating how financial data is shared within the EU. Earlier this week reports suggested...
2/3/2025 3:51:41 PM FCA tells payments firms to improve governance standards By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Sam Quicke Fiona Garrahan Simon Treacy +5 more... Show less Weaknesses in governance, oversight and leadership are a root cause of many regulatory issues. This is the message from the Financial...
1/31/2025 1:28:20 PM Commission rejects DORA subcontracting rules By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy The European Commission has formally rejected draft rules on monitoring ICT supply chains under the Digital Operational Resilience Act....
1/24/2025 2:22:17 PM EBA guidance on acquiring payments transactions and whether electronic money institutions can apply negative interest By Olivia Murphy In our previous post we covered two new and important pieces of guidance from the European Banking Authority. In this post we cover two...
1/23/2025 10:32:24 AM EU shares key guidance on DORA By Raza Naeem James Morris Simon Treacy Can a financial service be an ICT service? This question often came up in the course of implementing the EU’s Digital Operational...
1/22/2025 3:00:35 PM The EBA's latest PSD2 guidance and its impact for payments firms By Olivia Murphy The European Banking Authority has released a new batch of Q&A responses covering a range of PSD2 topics. In this post we cover the...